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I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

9 reviews

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Fuck me Rachel Bloom! I want to be exactly where she is 4🎤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Sexual harassment

annanas's review

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

This book cover is one of my favorites of all time!

I'm such a big fan of Rachel Bloom so I also got the audiobook that I'm listened to while reading it.. Actually I forgot to cancel audible so I had an extra credit that I needed to use and I think it was a good choice since I think the audiobook makes some of the jokes funnier when you hear them read by the lovely Rachel Bloom herself. For example one chapter was written as a manuscript for a musical and it was of course performed as an audio musical and I loved it! Another chapter was a HP-fanfic which I also think was funnier to hear her read. That chaper made me laugh in public since I was at a coffee shop when I read that chapter.

I took my time reading this over a few months and I'm glad I did that so the experience could last longer. It really was a comforting read that made me feel less alone. For me this book was a perfect fit since it covers topics I can relate to such as growing up wanting to become a musical theatre performer, growing up in the 90's/00's, not fitting in, struggling with mental health, being a woman etc. So if you can't relate to any of that, than maybe this book isn't for you. But for me, it made me feel less alone. And that's why I'm giving it 5 stars, and I hope yo return to it some day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Bullying, Misogyny, and Body shaming

caseythereader's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Excrement, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual content

redefiningrachel's review

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, and Body shaming

Moderate: Blood, Excrement, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia and Death

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

4.75

i’m in love with Rachel Bloom
this was funny, thoughtful, touching. i just wish more time was dedicated to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Bullying, Excrement, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Antisemitism, Cancer, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

Minor: Classism, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Abortion, Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

re: transphobia: a preface to a Harry Potter fanfic acknowledging and condemning JK Rowling's problematic views towards trans people

alsoapples's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, and Miscarriage

Minor: Death

sharkycharming's review

funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.25

If you enjoy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, you are likely to enjoy the memoir. If you've never seen it, try to catch an episode (or watch one of her videos on the internet) because her sense of humor is what my 74 year old roommate would call "earthy." She doesn't hold back about her own bodily functions, for example. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Minor: Antisemitism, Body shaming, and Misogyny

spaghettireads's review

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming and Eating disorder

charlottereadsthings's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

From the co-creator of Crazy Ex Girlfriend, I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are sees Rachel Bloom share an insight into her past. It covers many hard topics such as her history with anxiety, grief and OCD, the world taking a dramatic turn into a pandemic along with other chaotic madness fans can expect. 

I listened to the audiobook, as I feel that's the best way to consume non fiction and it didn't disappoint. There were lots of extra nuggets from entire musical numbers to Bloom's witty remarks about things you were missing out on by not having the physical book. I laughed out loud at so many points and found myself rewinding sections to hear them again. 

The somewhat overarching theme is Rachel's quest to be perceived as normal and I admire that given global events during its creation, that tone could have shifted to wanting a "pre pandemic normal" or the "normal beyond a pandemic" but instead she chose to stay on course and the messages still land. 

The only thing I found a little disappointing was that it didn't touch too much on the time making Crazy Ex Girlfriend as I woule have liked. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming and Excrement

Minor: Grief and Mental illness